Oscar,
If we are the vultures, than I guess that makes Tucows the dessert, water
the DNS and you know who is walking through that dessert, the customers.
It really is not that bleak.
Ken raises very legitimate issues. All we RSPs need is a couple of bad press
statements about how people lost their domains because their RSP
dissappeared and we will all get lumped together as bad news. This happens
with hosting all the time. Go visit http://www.fuckedcompany.com/. (*Don't
mean to curse, but I didn't name the site*)
Let us be realistic here. If we do not plan for contingencies, people will
get lost in the shuffle. The Internet business, and RSP business is pretty
fluid. People get in and get out without so much as a "how do you do".
People need to know what their options are.
As a business owner, I have learned that you must plan for
everyone/everything you do business with to fail you. A good business person
is one who plans for all contingencies: good and bad.
I think your self serving vultures was a little harsh.
Mark Lieb
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 2:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Folding RSPs:
"self serving vultures", really? I think you are missing the point.
I raised several legitimate questions about the RSP community and how
customers will ultimately flow through the system.
The way customers are treated will reflect on ALL RSPs, and on Tucows.
If we don't discuss some of these issues, then they will either be
ignored (bad for the customer) or they will be abused by overly
aggressive entities that will hurt the system. I am not in favor of
either of those outcomes.
As for the fact that my employer might gain a business advantage by my
participating in this "bizops" list... that's a given. You don't really
expect me to defend that, do you?
-Ken
http://pacificdomains.net
> Could we please stop this garbage right now? I won't expect any RSP's to
run
> headlong towards these self-serving vultures.
>
> Oscar
> RocketNet
>
> Could we please stop this garbage right now? I won't expect any RSP's to
run
> headlong towards these self-serving vultures.
>
> Oscar
> RocketNet
>
> >
> >Hmmm.
> >Well, I suppose come next february, the aniversary of many RSPs, we will
> >see which RSPs didn't survive the first year. I suppose Tucows will have
> >to deal with some of the confused customers who are left hanging. Maybe
> >they have a plan to offer these customers the services of domaindirect?
> >But what if the customer paid only $15 or less for registration the
> >previous year? This gets complicated.
> >
> >If you are an RSP who is going out of business, it would be a good idea
> >provide your customer's contact info to another RSP before you go under,
> >whether you are compensated for it or not, since some customers might
> >feel they have legal grounds to go after an RSP who doesn't look out for
> >their interests, perhaps causing them to lose their domain registration.
> >
> >Could we hear from the legal dept. at OpenSRS on this?
> >Is there something I am overlooking?
> >
> >Unless there are rules against this at OpenSRS, and depending on the
> >value of the customer list, pacificdomains.net is interested in
> >purchasing customer lists from any RSP that is planning to go out of
> >business.
> >
> >Ken
> >http://pacificdomains.net
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
